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This study guide covers potential energy in AP Physics 1, focusing on conservative and non-conservative forces. It explains the scalar nature of potential energy, defining zero potential energy, and calculating elastic and gravitational potential energy (both general and near Earth). The guide also reviews calculating total potential energy and provides practice questions and exam tips covering the work-energy theorem and conservation of energy.
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Question 1 of 12
Potential energy is best described as:
Energy in motion
Stored energy within a system due to position
Energy that is being dissipated as heat
Energy that is always constant